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H. E. LAMBERT. TooEEoE GEINGEING EENOE WIRES.

No. 341,665. Patented 1v1-ay 11, 1886.

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'SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 341,665. dated May 11, 1886.

A\ppliealian tiled November l0, 1885. -Serial No. 182,884. (No modeLl I .To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HENRY E. LAMBERT, a citizen of the'lfnited States, residingat Logausport, in the county of Cass and State of Indiana, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Swage-Bloeks, of which the following is aspceitieation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

)Iy invention relates to improvements in swage-blocks; and it consists of the peculiar and novel construction and adaptation ofparts,.substantially as hereinafter fully de- `scribed, and specifically pointed out in the claims. A

The primary object of my invention is to provide a swage-bloekpwhich is especially adapted for use. in a-fiixing the points of the wiresecuring staples of a fence to a metallic fence-post, which device shall'be very cheap, strong, simple, and durable Vin construction, thoroughly eifecti ve for the purppses designed, and easy and ready ol' operation and adjust ment.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1. is a perspective view of my improved swageblock i'n proper position uppn the guidingflange of a fence-post. Fig. 2 is a view of the post after the .staples have been clinchedor secured thereto to-hold the wires of the fence in place. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional lview through the swage-bloek and a portion of the post, on the line .r .r ot' Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of my improved swagebloel'..

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding part-s in al-l the figures, A designates a fencepOSt which is made of metal. and. prov ided with a rearwardly-entending ilange, l, over which my improved swage-block l) tits, and isa-flapted to be adjusted vertically thereon to diil'erf ent pointsv for the purpose of elinching the ends or points of the wire securing staples g lhe ,fence-post is of the ordinary 0r anypreferred form, and-it has the openings e therein for thereeeptioirofthe slaplesgg,

which arelocated on opl-osito sides of the tlangle b and o'ne above another, two openings being provided for thetwo points oremls'of one ofthe staplesg. rlhe llange b is'ordinrly employed for the purpose ol'strengtheningthe post and increasing thestahility thereof, -andf I propose to; useI the strengthening rib'or flange for t e purposeA of guiding my im# proved swag block, so that it can be very readily adjusted up or down and bear very.

firmly. against the straight face of the post /Q proper whenl the staples g are to be secured thereto to hold the fence-wiresf in place. The swage-block D is made of such a size and shape that it can be veryrmly grasped and held by the hand ofthe operator while securing the staples and wires to the post, 'and the said u block is provided with a longitudinal slot, d,

which formst'wo arms, d. These arms fit over the strengtheniiigand guiding rib or ange b l of the post A, and on opposite sides' thereof,

4and the inner faces of the free ends of the arm points of the staples will be turned laterally by contact with the longitudinally-grooved be eaus dito' bear against the post very rmly to supp rt-thefence-wiresf in proper position.

' faces ofyhe arms of the swage-block, and will ,The operation of my invention is as follows:

One ofth wires f of the fence is properly ad justed against one of'the faces of the post.

'lhe points orends of a staple, g, are fitted into two ofthe openings'o. The swage-block D is I a'djustedon thc'guiding-tlange, so that its arms straddld the same and the groovcd faces reg: ister with the openings. '.lhe staple g is now forced or driven inwardly by a hammer or other suitable implement in the hands of the operator, and when its points come in contact with th.,` armsol' the. swage-block they will be bent laterally, so that the staple'will be rigidly connected4 to the post to hold the wire upon the same, 'lhe swage-biock is nowremoved and adjusted tol another-pair of the\ -staple-receiving openings, or it may be slid downwardly or upwardly on the Harige-b to the proper point, and the operation above described is repeated for each staple and Wire secured to the 'posa-as will be very readily understood. X j

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire .to secure by Letters latent, is- '1.' :A strage-block having as lot adapte] to IOC fit, over and lcceivc thc guiding-flange 0f a with grooves t0 clinch thc cndsof wire-securfence-posb t0 clinch thc wiresccuring Snplcs ing staples to a i'cncc post, substantially :Ls d ethereto, substantially as described. scribed.

2. A swage-blocl; having :wo ar1ns,andu In testimony that. I claim the. foregoing as if, cent-ral slot which receives aguiding-langc. my own I have hcrct'oaiiixcd my signin-nw for a fence-post, the arms fitting 0n Opposite inprescncc of two witnesscs. j sides of the flanges and adapted to clinch the Q T l ,v f" W ends of the wire-securing staples, substan- HFA nl l" LUUlhl tially as described. j l

SWA swzlgc-block having n central slot, and two arms linving their frccedgcs providedl 

